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To: rrufff who wrote (13498)11/4/2004 9:06:57 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
I don't think many voters were interested at all in specifics; they voted on emotional reactions to vaguely formulated caricatures about values, terrorism, etc. Rove did a better job of reincarnating Pavlov's dogs than the Democratic strategists.

Not that I am surprised - Reagan was a tremendously successful politician through the careful use of images and slogans that rarely held up to scrutiny. But he was lauded decades later by people who still wouldn't take a close look at the numbers and events in his presidency.

I think John Kerry is a decent guy but a weak candidate, and certainly not the best the Democrats could have put forward. The fact that he came within 140,000 votes of winning in the electoral college anyway tells me how shaky Bush's support really is.

But I expect the Beltway Republicans to ram through whatever they can before Bush's limited political capital runs out. Then we will have 2-3 more years of drift, scandal, mumbling rhetoric and a general lack of progress on anything before we see which two lightweights get nominated in 2008.

I don't plan to spend much time on politics except to the extent that it impacts my investments. For now, the lesson is easy; just avoid the US dollar and watch to see how the multipolar world evolves beyond the feverish unilateral fervor in the "homeland". The limits of unilateralism are about to become very starkly clear.

Have a good one.

PS Anyone else who won an election 51-48 would be grateful for a legitimate victory - a mandate would not be mentioned. And Bush only took Texas 62-38, a wipeout by US election standards but still less than a two-thirds majority in the most favorable turf he ran on.
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